Seacrest idolizes Ellen’s estate — for $ 37 million
Degeneres downsizing to other Beverly Hills home
Cyberspace was a- Twitter this week with the news that Ryan Seacrest is buying Ellen Degeneres’ Beverly Hills compound for $ 37 million US, and that she and spouse Portia de Rossi are moving no farther than a Hal Levittdesigned mid- century — also in Beverly Hills.
Degeneres’ new 8,500- square- foot house, built in 1958, features walls of glass, soaring ceilings, multiple fireplaces, a library, a black- and- stainlesssteel kitchen, a sunken living room, four bedrooms and six bathrooms. The family room opens to the swimming pool on the less- than- an- acre property, which has a circular driveway.
The Levitt- designed house is quite a downsize from the Emmy- winning daytime show host’s three- acre compound, which includes four structures and was formed starting in 2007 through several property purchases on the same street. The 15,000 square feet of interior space include a 9,200- sq.- ft. main house, a secondary house and two guest houses.
Meanwhile, Seacrest’s Hollywood Hills West area Mediterranean villa recently returned to the market priced at $ 11.985 million. The American Idol host had tried to sell it in late 2010 for $ 14.95 million.
The 10,000- sq.- ft. Mediterranean, built in 1974, sits behind wrought- iron gates on nearly an acre of hilltop with canyon and city views.
More proof that Hollywood is really just a small town: Seacrest bought the property from two- time Academy Award- winning filmmaker and actor Kevin Costner in 2006 for $ 11.5 million.
Style rates in Hollywood Hills
Film producer and clothing entrepreneur Brad Zions has sold his house in the Hollywood Hills West area for $ 7.95 million. Among notables in the home’s ownership history is actor Richard Gere.
The gated contemporary features views of the Los Angeles Basin, a twostorey entry, a bar, three ensuite bedrooms, three additional bathrooms and a home theatre.
Outside the 4,534- sq. e- ft. home is a swimming pool, spa, deck, outdoor living room and kitchen.
Zions founded the L. A.- based production company Breakout Pictures. He also co- founded Young, Fabulous & Broke, a women’s contemporary clothing line.
Something to ‘ gossip’ about
After leasing her West Hollywood house out last year, Gossip Girl actress Kelly Rutherford has returned it to the market at $ 1.099 million.
The Spanish bungalow, built in 1926, features a living room with fireplace that opens to a dining room with a skylight, an updated kitchen, two bedrooms and 1 ¾ bathrooms. The deck contains a bar and a built- in barbecue.
Rutherford, 43, plays husband- hopping Lily van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl. She was also in the series E- Ring and Melrose Place.
The house had been leased at $ 4,700 a month. Public records show Rutherford bought the property in 2005 for $ 1.25 million.